问题补充:
It’s surprising that your brother Russian so quickly—he hasn’t lived there very long.
A. picked up
B. looked up
C. put up
D. made up
答案:
(答案→)A. picked up
B. looked up
C. put up
D. made up
解析:本题考查动词短语辨析。pick up意为“(无意之间、偶然地)学会”;look up意为“(在书籍中)查找”;put up意为“张贴;搭建”;make up意为“构成;编造”。此句句意为:令人惊奇的是,你的弟弟如此快就学会说俄语了——他在那儿生活的时间并不长。根据句意选A。